Forbidden Fruit
Nina Simone
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Baubles, Bangles and Beads | Nina Simone | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Forbidden Fruit | Nina Simone | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gin House Blues | Nina Simone | 2:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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House of the Rising Sun | Nina Simone | 4:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | Nina Simone | 4:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Nina Simone | 2:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Solitude | Nina Simone | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Twelfth of Never | Nina Simone | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Work Song | Nina Simone | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Songs |
Biography
Born: February 21, 1933 in Tryon, NC
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Of all the major singers of the late 20th century, Nina Simone was one of the hardest to classify. She recorded extensively in the soul, jazz, and pop idioms, often over the course of the same album; she was also comfortable with blues, gospel, and Broadway. It's perhaps most accurate to label her as a "soul" singer in terms of emotion, rather than form. Like, say, Aretha Franklin, or Dusty Springfield, Simone was an eclectic who brought soulful qualities to whatever material she interpreted. These...
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